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Martinez delighted as Ramis leads Wigan to victory over West Ham

Roberto Martinez has revealed his delight at Ivan Ramis’ imperious performance against West Ham in their 2-1 win at the DW Stadium.

The ex-Mallorca defender netted the Latics’ first goal, volleying home a fine strike from a corner, and put in a superb display at the back.

And Martinez admitted that once he becomes acclimatised to the rigours of the Premier League he can get even better.

He said: “I’m even happier with Ivan Ramis’ performance and what he did off the ball, the way he was talking with the other players, he’s developing his communication skills quite quickly. He’s a real leader.

“As you can imagine he was captain at Mallorca for a few seasons. He was someone that attracted the attention of many teams and we were pleased that he chose to come to Wigan.

“We had to make a massive effort and the chairman had to make an extra effort but he’s the type of player that you want to try and improve [the team] every season.

“He came at the best moment of his career and you can see his leadership skills are getting stronger. We were very pleased when we signed him but we’re really looking forward to seeing Ivan Ramis at his full potential because he’s a tremendous player.”

And Martinez joked that that Wigan should play West Ham every week so Ramis can add to the two goals he’s already scored against them.

He added: “He’ll have to play against them more often! It was as clean a contact as you’re going to see. It was a quality strike, a striker’s type of a strike.”